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Prescriptions Down 25%, Overdoses Cut in Half: What Stopped a Gabapentinoid Surge?

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(MedPage Today) -- High-profile media coverage of the harms associated with the gabapentinoid pregabalin (Lyrica) and tighter safeguards coincided with fewer prescriptions and overdoses in Australia, a retrospective study showed.

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